Short Vowel Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Find the middle sound): Say the word in three parts: p – i – g. The middle sound is the vowel: a (cat), e (hen), i (pig), o (dog), u (sun). Try each vowel in the gap: only one makes the word in the picture.
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- 1.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bat (b) pin (c) web
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) dot (b) rat (c) hug
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) zip (b) fox (c) bed
- 4.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 5.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) bus (b) pen (c) six
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) bed (b) can (c) fox
- 8.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bug (b) tap (c) red
- 9.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) web (b) box (c) zip
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) box (b) zip (c) hen
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) hug (b) rat (c) log
- 13.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 14.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 15.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) gem (b) bag (c) log
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) hen (b) bag (c) pig
- 17.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dot (b) pig (c) bus
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) net (b) hug (c) dog
- 19.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) map (b) bed (c) tub
- 20.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) net (b) van (c) lip
- 21.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) gem (b) rat (c) bin
- 23.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hat (b) zip (c) fox
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) six (b) bus (c) dog
- 25.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 26.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 27.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) web (b) log (c) pig
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) fox (b) bed (c) van
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) gem (b) map (c) bin
- 30.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) zip (b) gem (c) van
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bug (b) pig (c) red
- 33.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 34.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) ten (b) pin (c) dot
- 35.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 36.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) cat (b) six (c) fox
- 38.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 39.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) can (b) log (c) six
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) lip (b) map (c) bug
Answer key
- pin
- hug
- zip
- u
- i
- bus
- can
- red
- a
- zip
- box
- rat
- a
- a
- log
- hen
- pig
- hug
- tub
- net
- u
- bin
- zip
- six
- a
- o
- web
- van
- bin
- o
- van
- pig
- u
- dot
- i
- a
- fox
- a
- six
- map
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